Who We Are

Who We Are

The Hummingbird Fund serves as an accelerator for innovation in ALS research, advocacy, and overall functional support, through stable and sustainable partnerships that are family- and patient-centric, and kind.

The Hummingbird Fund Stands on Three Pillars

access

Access

research

Research

Advocacy

Advocacy

How It Works

How It
Works

Our advisory committee has set up the Hummingbird Fund as a “committee-advised fund” within the Charlottesville Area Community Foundation (CACF). All donations are tax-deductible, and every dollar given to the Hummingbird Fund is ultimately allocated based on the discretion and oversight of CACF, and the Plews-Ogan family directs the allocations of Hummingbird Funds according to our mission.

2023 Fundraising Goal

  • 80% 80%

Raised: $80,000

Goal: $100,000

Hummingbird
Highlight

On November 17, 2022, Dr. Ogan gave the McGehee Lecture at UVA School of Nursing. To watch the lecture and hear him speak on the Therapeutic Use of Self in the Land of ALS, use the link below.

Lecture

The Latest from Jim

Compassion as Action

Compassion as Action

Peggy will soon publish her most recent scholarly article, entitled “Changing the paradigm: practical wisdom as true north in medical education”. It will appear in a special...

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How are you doing, Mr. ALS?

How are you doing, Mr. ALS?

I have lived and worked and raised my children in the same small city for the last 23 years.  I cannot go anywhere without bumping into someone I know.  Now that Mr. ALS is a...

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Home again

Home again

I woke up this morning in my own bed.  A pileated woodpecker, rapping on the side of our log cabin, drew me from a restful slumber that had spanned nearly 12 hours.  We arrived...

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